32ND INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE LEAVING SAIGON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 32ND INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE LEAVING SAIGON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 494
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade, part of 20th Indian Division, parade with French troops before leaving French Indo-China.
  • Description: General Leclerc and a brigadier representing Major-General Gracey (the divisional commander) at the salute; a band and crowd of spectators can be seen in the background. Gurkha guard of honour presents arms. Inspecting (Punjabi?) troops. Wider shot. Inspecting Gurkhas. Inspecting French light tanks of the French 2nd Armoured Division. Shots of a march past of troops including a unit of Sikhs. Officers on the saluting base. Gurkhas pass. French colonial infantry pass. Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns towed by lorries past the saluting base. Stuart light tanks passing. Humber Armoured Cars of 16th Light Cavalry pass. French late-mark Stuarts (sloped armour) pass. Attached media - films JFU 494, JFU 495, JFU496 and JFU 497
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 494
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-12-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Sanders, P A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Leclerc, Philippe (person) Indian Army, 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) Indian Army, 16th Light Cavalry (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 114th Field Regiment (regiment/service) Indian Army, 20th Indian Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Saigon, French Indo-China (geography) Allied Occupation of French Indo-China, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event) India 1939-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 287 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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    JFU 494

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 337 (STREET SCENES IN SAIGON [Allocated Title]) JFU 338 (MAJOR-GENERAL GRACEY VISITS DOCKS AT SAIGON [Allocated Title]) JFU 526 (HANDOVER OF LANDING CRAFT FROM ROYAL NAVY TO FRENCH NAVY IN SAIGON [Allocated Title]) JFU 558 (8TH PUNJAB REGIMENT LEAVES SAIGON [Allocated Title]) JFU 432 (OPERATION SALTMEAT: FOOD CONVOY FROM PHNOM PENH TO SAIGON [Allocated Title])
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